Interval Data overview
Interval data gives you a detailed view of energy use and demand, captured in short time segments like 15, 30, or 60 minutes. This high-resolution data helps you track patterns, identify problems, and make informed decisions about energy use.
What you can do with interval data
EnergyCAP makes it easy to collect, analyze, and monitor your interval data across facilities. You can:
- Connect and collect data from meters, submeters, files, or APIs
- Analyze and backfill missing or incomplete data
- Monitor and alert on abnormal readings or data gaps
Using interval data, you can uncover:
- Operational inefficiencies
- Energy waste and savings opportunities
- Peak demand and cost management
- Security and scheduling issues
Understanding channels
A channel stores interval data for a specific type of utility measurement, like electricity use or demand. Each meter can have multiple channels.
Default channel intervals include:
- 15-minute
- 30-minute
- Hourly
- Daily
- Weekly
- Monthly
Channels are created in the application or with spreadsheets before you can begin importing interval data.
Custom fields for channels
Custom fields lets you track additional information or attach files to a channel.
Channel import ID
Some metering systems identify channel data with a channel import ID. In UtilityManagement the channel import ID is a unique value in the database.
Example of meter import ID vs channel import ID, note each channel import ID is unique.
Meter import ID
A meter import ID is assigned to the meter and is used by many different channels to import meter readings for a meter.
When importing interval data, the application first searches for a matching channel import ID, if one is not found, it searches for a matching meter import ID.
How is data imported when there is one meter import ID and multiple channels?
- Check the meter import ID and associated meter. If that meter has one channel and matches all other provided channel properties, the data is imported.
- If there is more than one channel, check the observation type. If only one channel matches the type, the data is imported.
- If there is more than one channel with a matching observation type, check the unit code. If only one channel matches the observation type and unit code, the data is imported.
- If there is more than one channel with a matching observation type and unit code, check the time interval. Only one channel should match the observation type, unit code, and time interval combination. If a match is found the data is imported.
- Kickout. If no matching channel is found, the import fails.
Channel review and updates
Update setup spreadsheets let you review and make updates to channel information.
Sample interval data charts
Why is the electrical load elevated for the entire weekend compared to the previous week?
Spikes in use need to be investigated.
The blue line is the current week and the gray line is the previous week. What caused an increase of use on this day?
